It’s less money per month than most people carry around in pocket change — approximately 25 cents — but that’s not what’s got Chilliwack senior Sandra Hawkes steamed over BC Hydro’s new Customer Crisis Fund charge.
“I’m livid,” said Hawkes. “They don’t refer to it as a tax on the bill … but I’m calling it a tax because that’s what it is. First of all, it’s arbitrary and second of all it’s a wedge in the door — what’s to stop it from going up?”
According to BC Hydro, the B.C. Utilities Commission ordered the creation of the fund in a three year pilot
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